Ysgol John Bright ANNUAL PARENTS REPORT 2011 - 2012 Message from the Chair The Annual Report details the school’s activities for the past year. Ysgol John Bright is an English medium high school serving the town of Llandudno and the surrounding area. I am pleased to inform you that the academic year, 2011/12 was very successful due to the hard work of our staff and students. Examination results have shown further improvement at both GCSE and A level and the Governing Body would like to thank all our staff, teaching and non-teaching alike, for their dedicated contributions which led to this raising of standards. There is an expectation of higher standards across all areas of the school; once again music and sporting activities have resulted in some outstanding performances, the behaviour of students continues to underline their commitment to study and positive attitude to learning and the considerable improvement in the wearing of uniform portrays Ysgol John Bright in a most favourable way. On behalf of the Governing Body I would like to extend our congratulations to our Headteacher, Mr Graham Davies and all our staff for improving standards and results, it clearly highlights their commitment to the students. The contribution made by our support staff, both in the classroom and behind the scenes has also been a key element in the raising of standards. Our thanks to them all. Finally, I would like to personally thank all our Governors for their support and continued interest in the well-being of the school David Rowley Chair of the Governing Body The Governing Body Chair of Governors Mr D Rowley, Ysgol John Bright, Maesdu Road, Llandudno LL30 1LF Vice-Chair of Governors Mrs C Forfar, Ysgol John Bright, Maesdu Road, Llandudno LL30 1LF Associate Governors Miss Danielle Hawkins (Head Girl), Mr Haydn Ballinger (Head Boy) Clerk to Governors Mrs C M Astrop, Ysgol John Bright, Maesdu Road, Llandudno LL30 1LF November 2012 1 Ysgol John Bright ANNUAL PARENTS REPORT 2011 - 2012 Term of Office until Mr D Rowley Community Governor 23.06.2015 Mr P V Smith Community Governor 06.02.2016 Mrs C Forfar Community Governor 10.06.2016 Mr G Brookes Community Governor 08.10.2015 Mr R Hall Community Governor 01.10.2014 Mrs S Pearce Parent Governor 20.10.2013 Mr B Hansen Parent Governor 20.10 .2013 Mr G Robbins Parent Governor 20.10.2013 Mrs K Wilby Parent Governor 19.11.2015 Mr I Jones Parent Governor 19.10.2013 Mr D Pike Parent Governor 01.10.2014 Cllr B Bertola LEA Governor 15.07.2016 Cllr Jason Weyman LEA Governor 15.07.2016 Cllr M Lyon LEA Governor 15.07.2016 Cllr Janet Haworth LEA Governor 15.07.2016 Mr M A Pearce LEA Governor 15.07.2016 Ms S Rees Teacher/Governor 14.11.2015 Mr D Williams Teacher/Governor 14.11.2015 Mrs L Davies Staff Governor 03.09.2015 Mr W G Davies Ex-officio There were no resolutions passed at the last Annual Meeting with Parents, held in December 2012. Under the regulations we are required to hold a meeting this year if 5% of parents/carers respond to the invitation. A meeting to discuss this report has therefore been convened for Wednesday 19 December at 5:30pm but may be cancelled if less than 5% of parents/carers respond. The date of the next scheduled vacancies for Parent Governors is October 2013. Just before that date applications from those eligible will be invited via letter. If there are more applications than there are vacancies a ballot will be organised. The Student Disciplinary Committee Chair - Mr B Hansen Link - Headteacher Mr W G Davies The Governors’ Student Disciplinary Panel met on a termly basis to discuss and offer support to both school staff and the parents and students alike with issues of behaviour. This is a positive addition to the behaviour management policy of Ysgol John Bright and attempts to intervene at an earlier stage than perhaps previously. The Finance Sub-Committee Chair - Mr R Hall Link - Mrs R J Davies, Business Manager The finance sub-committee met five times during the year. Governors received regular reports on the 2011/12 budget and discussions took place on the progress of the various cost centres. A virement of £140,082 of the carryover figure was approved to balance the 2012/13 budget. Music tuition fees and financial delegated powers to the Headteacher were also approved. The committee agreed to the funding of the third year of Easter Revision school and underwriting the cost of the school production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Venue Cymru which was extremely successful for the third year running. November 2012 2 Ysgol John Bright ANNUAL PARENTS REPORT 2011 - 2012 The Curriculum, Standards & Personnel Sub-Committee Chair – Mrs C Forfar Link - Deputy Head Mr M P Vickery/ Asst Head Mrs S Lewis Jones The committee met five times. The meetings discussed aspects of statistics concerning behaviour and attendance throughout the school, and how the school is tackling punctuality. In addition, further items on the agenda included the success of the ‘snapshot’ monitoring programme implemented by the Leadership Team and how Ysgol John Bright compares with other schools through an analysis of benchmarking statistics. The FFT and All Wales core data sets were evaluated with the sub-committee. The Policy, Building, Environmental & Infrastructure Review Sub-Committee Chair - Mr G Brookes Link - Asst Head Mr S G O’Sullivan The committee met five times during the year. Draft policies were brought before the committee to be considered. These included those concerning: External Examinations, Educational Visits, Health and Safety, Welsh in Education, Staff Sickness and Absence, Staff Pay, the process to be followed to approve all school policies a review of the School Self Evaluation Process as well as updates on the CPD Policy and the new Practicing Teacher Standards in relation to the CPD and Performance Management Policies. The Governors made suggestions and amendments which were then incorporated in revised copy and final ratification. Also considered were matters of general Health and Safety and matters concerning school buildings and maintenance. Appointments Panel During the year we welcomed eight new staff. Our Governors gave up a great deal of their time in the shortlisting and interviewing process. Name Department Elizabeth Jones ICT/Business Studies Owen Jones Maths Gail Moules Science Peter Ryan Maths Rachel Simon Science Daniel Sajko Music/Drama Jenny Wells Science Martin Williams Maths The Full Governing Body The Full Governing Body met for official business three times in the year. They were joined by two Associate Governors from the Student Leadership Team. The full Governing Body has received reports from its sub-committees and from link governors who visit the subject areas in the school. November 2012 3 Ysgol John Bright ANNUAL PARENTS REPORT 2011 - 2012 Headteacher’s Report Contextual Information In 2011-2012 the number of students at statutory school age (11-15) was 989 with 494 boys and 495 girls making the overall gender difference negligible. 93% of the school population is white British and 7% are other. In Conwy the figures are 96% and 4% respectively. The percentage of students on school action was 8.29% which is broadly in line with the LEA average. The percentage of students on school action plus was 10.21% and is slightly above the LEA average. The percentage of statemented students was 3.03% which is slightly above the LEA average. The percentage of students entitled to FSM was 17.12% and is above the LEA average but below the Wales average. The three year trend shows an increase in the percentage of students entitled to FSM. Standards at KS3 In 2011-2012 the school achieved its best ever KS3 results. In Mathematics 84% of students achieved level 5. In English 88% of students achieved level 5+ and in science 84% achieved level 5+. The CSI was 74% and is above the Wales average. The three year trend for all three core subjects and the CSI is a rising one. All non core subjects at KS3 are now placed in the upper quarter apart from Science which is now in quarter 2 and ICT which is in quarter 3. All the quarter one subjects performed better than the LEA and Wales averages. The CSI continues in quartile two. This is very encouraging news and is further evidence of the strengthening standards at KS3. At KS3 the difference in performance of boys and girls was significant in English where the girls outperformed the boys by 11% points. In Maths the boys outperformed the girls by 2% points and in Science the girls outperformed the boys by 6% points. Closing the gap between boys and girls performance is a key improvement priority for the school. Standards at KS4 In 2012, 80% of Year 11 students achieved 5 or more grades A* to C at GCSE, this is the 5th year in a row that the school has exceeded 60% and is the highest percentage score on record for the school. These results build on the results over the past 3 years and show a rapidly rising trend. Furthermore 46% of the cohort achieved 5+ A*-C grades including Maths and English, this result is an improvement on the 2011 performance and over three years the trend is an improving one. The percentage of students that the school enters for GCSE or equivalent exceeds the average for Wales as a whole. In 2012, 97% of students achieved 5 or more passes at A-G compared to 92% in 2011.